Using the XClarity Orchestrator provider for Terraform

Using the Terraform​

To use the XClarity Orchestrator provider for Terraform, you must declare the provider in the Terraform configuration using the inputs

terraform {
   required_providers {
      lxco = {
         source = "lenovo.com/xclarity/lxco"
         version = ""
      }
   }
}

provider "lxco" {
   host = ""
   username = ""
   password = ""
}

For example:

terraform {
   required_providers {
      lxco = {
         source = "lenovo.com/xclarity/lxco"
         version = "0.1"
      }
   }
}

provider "lxco" {
   host = "192.0.2.0"
   username = "lxco_admin"
   password = "********"
}

For more information about using Terraform and the Terraform configuration language, see the HashiCorp Terraform website.

Specifying credential​

Credentials can be specified in the following ways.

• Use credentials from the XClarity Orchestrator’s security vault.
• Create TF_VAR_username and TF_VAR_password environment variables to specify your credentials. Terraform searches the environment of its own process for environment variables named “TF_VAR_” followed by the name of a declared variable and then matches the variable name exactly as given in configuration.
  1. In the main.tf file, comment out the declared variables for the credentials.

     provider "lxco" {
        host = "192.0.2.0"
        # username = ""
        # password = ""
     }
     

  2. From the Terraform console, create the environment variables.

     $ terraform init
     $ export TF_VAR_username=LXCA_USER
     $ export TF_VAR_password=*password*
     
     $ terraform plan
     provider.lxco.password
       Enter a value: *password*
     provider.lxco.username
       Enter a value: LXCA_USER
     
     $ terraform apply
     provider.lxco.password
       Enter a value: *password*
     provider.lxco.username
       Enter a value: LXCA_USER